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Essential
25 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Teaching
Demonstrate experience in teaching undergraduates and postgraduates
- Knowledge
Evidence of understanding and application of knowledge of speciality
- Knowledge
Willing to seek help from senior colleagues as appropriate
- Experience
Recent experience and familiarity of UK hospital systems and practices (or equivalent).
- Experience
Experience as a specialist registrar or equivalent, in urology (5 years at least)
- Experience
Skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues.
- Clinical Audit
To have completed an Audit Project
- Clinical Skills
Competent in the management of elective and emergency urology patients
- Clinical Skills
Competent in core urology procedures (Cystoscopy, TURP, TURBT, Stenting etc.)
- Clinical Skills
Experience of basic life support and resuscitation skills
- Personal Requirements
Able to communicate effectively with patients and their relatives
- Personal Requirements
Able to establish good working relationships with all members of the multi-disciplinary team
- Personal Requirements
Good communication skills
- Personal Requirements
Good organisational and time management skills
- Personal Requirements
Ability to organise own learning
- Qualifications/Prizes
MB BS (or equivalent)
- Qualifications/Prizes
Maintain Full registration with the GMC.
- Qualifications/Prizes
FRCS (Urol) or equivalent
- Qualifications/Prizes
Completed structured training in urology and wishing to pursue a career with an interest in upper tract robotic surgery
- Qualifications/Prizes
Evidence of training progression
- Research/Publications
Demonstrate interest in research
- Practical Requirements
Ability to fulfil all the duties of the post including on-call commitments
- Practical Requirements
Fluent in English
- Practical Requirements
Prepared to be flexible in working patterns
- Practical Requirements
Ability to access the internet
Desirable
11 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Teaching
Demonstrate experience of case presentation
- Teaching
Previous formal teaching position
- Experience
Experience in upper tract laparoscopy/robotic surgery
- Clinical Audit
To have completed the audit cycle
- Clinical Skills
Accepts responsibility and able to take leadership role for ward based emergencies. Competent in core urology procedures
- Personal Requirements
Good oral and written presentation skills
- Personal Requirements
Able to function successfully under pressure
- Qualifications/Prizes
Higher academic qualification (e.g. MD or MS).
- Qualifications/Prizes
Prizes
- Qualifications/Prizes
ATLS/ALS
- Research/Publications
Evidence of contribution to published research
Job overview
Are you a post-CCT urologist looking to further develop your expertise in robotic and minimally invasive upper tract surgery before moving into a consultant role?
We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Clinical Fellow to join the Upper Tract Urology team within the renowned Bristol Urological Institute at Southmead Hospital. This fellowship offers an excellent opportunity to gain advanced surgical experience within a high-volume tertiary referral centre recognised for its expertise in complex urological cancer care, robotic surgery, research and innovation.
Working alongside experienced consultant surgeons, you will develop specialist skills in:
- Robotic and laparoscopic upper tract surgery
- Renal cancer surgery using open and minimally invasive approaches
- Complex upper urinary tract reconstruction, including pyeloplasty
- Adrenalectomy
- Retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (RPLND)
- Retroperitoneal sarcoma management
In addition to gaining valuable surgical experience, you will play an active role in the delivery of departmental services and participate in the on-call rota.
Main duties of the job
As a Senior Clinical Fellow within the Upper Tract Urology team, you will support the delivery of specialist urological services, including the day-to-day management of ward patients and participation in a 1:14 on-call rota. You will gain extensive experience in advanced upper tract urological procedures within a busy tertiary referral centre.
The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to teaching and training activities, supporting the education of medical students and junior doctors, and actively participate in departmental educational programmes and multidisciplinary meetings.
The role also offers dedicated opportunities for research, audit and quality improvement. You will be encouraged to contribute to ongoing research projects, work towards publication, undertake audit activity and support the maintenance of departmental databases to help advance clinical practice and patient care.
This is an excellent opportunity for a post-CCT trainee seeking to further develop specialist expertise in robotic and minimally invasive upper tract surgery within a leading urological centre.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and Person Specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Onco-urology Upper Tract Clinical Fellow with North Bristol NHS Trust in Bristol, England. It is listed as a Senior Medical doctor Urology role. The advertised salary is £77,348 per annum. The contract type is Fixed term: 12 months (Consideration of extention after 12 months). The application deadline is 30 Oct 2026.
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